Scratching the surface? Taxonomic revision of the subgenus Schizoptera (Odontorhagus) reveals vast undocumented biodiversity in the largest litter bug genus Schizoptera Fieber (Hemiptera: Dipsocoromorpha)
Author
Leon, Stephanie
Author
Weirauch, Christiane
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Zootaxa
2016
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Schizoptera
(
Odontorhagus
)
quasicompleta
,
n. sp.
(
Figs 3
,
6
and
7
)
Diagnosis.
Distinguished among species of
Schizoptera
(
Odontorhagus
)
by the rounded head, the weakly asymmetrical subgenital plate, the tab-like process of stVI, the small, blunt process of the subgenital plate, the needlelike right conjunctival appendage, and the uniformly thin stem of the right paramere.
Holotype
:
COSTA RICA
:
Heredia
:
Est. Biol. La Selva
,
10.43333°N
84.01667°W
, 0
3 May 1993
, INBio-OET-
ALAS
,
light trap
, 1Ƌ (00109145) (
MNCR
) (microscopic slide mount)
.
PARATYPES
:
COSTA RICA
:
Heredia
:
Costa Rica
,
Heredia
:
Est. Biol. La Selva
,
10.43333
°
N
84.01667
°
W
, 0
3 May 1993
, 1Ƌ (00084191) (
LACM
)
. La Selva Biol. Sta., 10.43056
°
N 84.00667
°
E,
58 m
,
13 Feb 2002
–
15 Feb 2002
, B. Brown, L. Gonzales, and K. Walker, 1♂ (00096271) (UCR);
14 Aug 2010
, J. Mottern, 2♀ (00081614, 00082318) (UCR).
La Selva Biol. Sta.
,
Arborita
trail,
10.43028
°
N
84.00722
°
E
,
64 m
,
10 Aug 2010
,
J. Mottern
,
2♀
(00122238, 00122239) (
INBIO
)
.
La Selva Biological
Station
,
Jaguar
trail entrance,
10.43111
°
N
84.02389
°
E
,
60 m
,
21 May 2011
,
J. Heraty
&
E. Murray
,
1♀
(00084362) (
UCR
)
.
La Selva Biological
Station
, nr Puerto Viejo,
10.43086
°
N
84.00647
°
W
,
52 m
,
No Date
, INBio- OET-ALAS,
2♂
(00109180, 00109181) (
INBIO
)
;
16 Feb 1998
, INBio-OET-ALAS, 1♂ (00109178), 1♀ (00109179) (INBIO);
16 Apr 1998
, INBio-OET-ALAS, 1♂ (00109172), 1♀ (00109173) (INBIO);
16 Apr 1998
, INBio-OET-ALAS, 4♂ (00109146- 00109149) (INBIO);
19 May 1998
, INBio-OET-ALAS,
light Trap
, 4♂ (00109158–00109161), 4♀ (00109162–00109165), 1♂ (00109154) (INBIO);
30 Dec 1999
, INBio-OET-ALAS, 2♀ (00109121, 00109122), 1Ƌ (00109123) (INBIO).
Description.
Male
: length:
1.39–1.42 mm
; body broadly ovate;
COLORATION:
general coloration dark brown; fuscous patch covering more than 1/2 of wing membrane; Sc+C concolorous with remainder of hemelytra (
Fig. 3
).
SURFACE AND VESTITURE:
as in subgeneric description.
STRUCTURE:
HEAD: slightly rounded in ventral view (
Fig. 3
); eyes about 1/3 as wide as synthlipsis. THORAX: as in subgeneric description; hemelytron as in subgeneric description; M2 vein distinctly curving; anterior membranal cell wedge-shaped. ABDOMEN: as in subgeneric description; stVI with a tab-like process on posterior margin; subgenital plate weakly asymmetrical; process of subgenital plate blunt, not fully differentiated from subgenital plate (
Fig. 6P
); tVII rectangular; tVIII weakly rectangular and sclerotized; length of tVII about 1/3 length of tVII. GENITALIA: py as in subgeneric description; rp as in subgeneric description with a uniformly thin stem; lp as in subgeneric description, with a blunt triangular dorsal process; rca needlelike; lca with a short, about 1/3 length of rca, tapering tip (
Fig. 6P
); vesica uniformly thin with a needlelike tip, forming two coils; anophore as in subgeneric description with a tab-like dorsal flap (
Fig. 6P
).
Female
: length
1.42 mm
; general habitus as in male.
Distribution.
Known from multiple collection events at the La Selva Biological station in
Costa Rica
(
Fig. 7
).
Etymology.
Derived from the Latin “quasi” meaning as if and “completus” meaning completed because of the seemingly “entire” look of the subgenital plate in ventral view.